Sehtness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sehtness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: ge-sehtness.[

Definitions

1 sehtness

f. Agreement, accord, concord, peace :--Ðám dómbócum ðe se heofonlíca Wealdend his folce gesette tó sóme and tó sehtnesse, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 19. [Geaf ðone cyng .xl. marc goldes tó sahtnysse, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 29.] [Crist wass borenn her sahhtnesse & griþþ to settenn, Orm. 3515. He sahtnesse wrohte, Laym. 2809. Sæhtnesse underfon to accept terms, 8262. Næfde þa sehtnesse ilast buten seouen ȝere urist, 30137. 'Pax vobis.' Seihtnesse beo bitweonen ou, A. R. 250, 5.] seim [from earlier segem (?)] fat, lard :--Seime l fetnesse adipe, Ps. Spl. T. 62, 6. [Ge ne schulen eten ulesche ne seim, A. R. 412, 26. See Halliw. Dict. saim, seam, and cf. Fr. sain : Ital. saime. From late Lat. sagimen.] ] sehtness

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚻᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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